two times; twice; two degrees
to despair of; to see the vanity of
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
study; diligence; discount; reduction
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
Island; insula; island; islet
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
should do; ought to do; must do
last night; yesterday evening
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
brightly lit; brightly lighted; lit up; lighted up
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
how long; how far; how much
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
manner of using one's hands
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
one after another; in rapid succession
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)